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DRESS COZY A VANCOUVER BRAND BRINGS FINESSE TO THE VFW RUNWAY

DRESS COZY Dress Cozy showed their collection at Vancouver Fashion Week on October 26; I was excited to share about this vibrant new brand, which has the potential to significantly impact the Vancouver, Canadian, and International fashion markets. Carol Botelho Carol Botelho, the founder and creative mind behind Dress Cozy, created her brand after becoming... Continue reading

LESLEY HAMPTON IN CONVERSATION AT VANCOUVER INDEGENOUS FASHION WEEK 2024

LESLEY HAMPTON  Lesley Hampton is an Anishinaabe artist and fashion designer focused on mental wellness and body neutrality in fashion through the lens of the Indigenous worldview. Lesley is a member of Temagami First Nation, and she identifies as an adult 'Third Culture Kid' with her formative years spent in Canada's Arctic and Atlantic, Australia,... Continue reading

Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week

VIFW’S RED DRESS EVENT; A NIGHT OF REFLECTION AND CELEBRATION

VIFW; RED DRESSES HAVE A MIGHTY VOICE On Nov. 20th, 2024, Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week (VIFW) opened its annual four-day celebration of Indigenous creativity and culture with The Red Dress Event. The first night of VIFW honours the missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, men, two-spirited and LGBTQIA members of the community. The community is... Continue reading

Poppy Wang

POPPY WANG ; EAST MEETS WEST AT VFW S/S 2025

POPPY WANG EAST MEETS WEST On Wednesday, October 23rd, Poppy Wang showed her collection "Inheritress" at Vancouver Fashion Week S/S 2025. The young Chinese/Canadian designer explores the place of women in Chinese Society. She explores women's oppression and discrimination in the traditional social structure in her collection. The title "Inheritress" refers to the tradition in... Continue reading